The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye

[Munsu]

First episode released by Ayu:

http://ayu-anime.net/torrents/torren...5D.avi.torrent



"In the distant future, because of an interplanetery war that has continued on for centuries, the civilizations were ruined. Human beings have lost everything, and only 1/5th of the population survived. Pseudo-human, “The Third”, is said to have appeared just after the war. They have red pupils called “Space Eyes”. Using them, they can control computer systems and so on, and rule the world by their superior power.

In this world, there is a girl, Honoka; She is a jack-of-all-trades, and she accepts any order except murder. One day, she happens to find a young Ikus in the desert. When she accepts the order from him, her great adventure begins."


http://www.wowow.co.jp/anime/third/
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...me.php?id=6466
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.p...anime&aid=4088
http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,3...ird__aoi_.html

[Munsu]

Watched the first episode the other day, surprised that no one else has giving it a chance. I liked the OP song a lot, the melody it has sets-up the series nicely.

For the episode itself, I really liked it. Not sure yet about the plot, but I think the characters are interesting and they live in an interesting world. It reminded me of Appleseed a bit with the main character communicating with her tank.

The episode had some cool action scenes, which I think will make this series worthwhile, but I don't know yet if the plot will be good yet. Guess I'll have to wait and see.

[Ryllharu]

At first I wasn't really caught by it, but the second time I watched it I liked the atmosphere of it a lot more. Maybe I watched it after a bad day or whatever, but it definitely has promise.

I like the laser-katana too. Very reminiscent of post apocalyptic series from the 80's and 90's. Can't go wrong with a series that has Rie Tanaka in it either.

Overall, I don't know how it will hold up to the rest of the series I picked up, but its an interesting premise at the least.

[masamuneehs]

hmm like Ryll mentioned it seems to have a nice atmosphere. The main character is a little run-of-the-mill, but oh well, so many of them are nowadays anyhow...

The animation, especially the backgrounds and skylines was awesome. The sand tank was also wicked sweet and the action had a good pace and was quite detailed.

Only thing I don't care for sofar: the writing. As if Honoka reciting those poems all the time wasn't enough we seem to have this mushy overly-prosy narration. It was really annoyingly overwhelming with the sentimental stuff. Dialog wasn't anything to write home about either.

The music is nice although neither the OP or ED are more than OK, IMO.

I'll continue with this show, i suppose, though not as enthusiasticly as some of the others.

edit to below - i really meant to say that the poems i can stomach. they actually are an interesting aspect of Honoka's character. The narration is really what bothered me.

[Ryllharu]

I think the poems actually add to the atmosphere that they were trying to create. A sort of comtemplative narrative into the world and her thoughts.

Characters like that are always a bit cliche (think Izumi from Nadesico or the blonde one of the great four from Stellvia, if I'm remembering her correctly), but always a decent addition to any series. In a way, it's kinda nice seeing one as a main character.

[Munsu]

Well, I see a lot of upside to the series, I think the setting and atmosphere has been set fairly good.

And I don't mind her quoting some poems, if you think about it goes against what her character represents, so there might be some hidden meaning. She's a mercenary, yet seems very educated and quotes poems which are usually reserved for the "elite" of society in anime convensions. So, this may speak a bit of her origins, maybe she belonged to a rich family and she belonged with the high society.